Nec Corporation

Olympus Optical Company, Ltd.

Other

Olympua Oprixl Co. Ltd.

Kenji Yoshioka

Osamu Konno

Shinichi Imade

Kazuhiro Akiyama

Iwao Nozaki

Currently delivered content data of contents are received and are each able to be output to an output unit. An estimated value for evaluating a posting status of posted information, that is posted on a Web page in association with the content, is computed. Based on the estimated value, it is determined whether or not a switching condition for switching a main content among the contents, that is being output to the output unit, to a sub-content among the contents, that is not being output to the output unit, is satisfied. If it is determined that the switching condition is satisfied, information utilized to switch the content is output to the output unit.

Display system, display apparatus, display method, and program

In a mobile communication terminal for starting and simultaneously using a plurality of applications, one desired application starts fast to improve the operability when the number of started applications reaches a present limiting number of applications. An application start determining unit searches a list of started applications in response to the instruction of the start of application to obtain the number of started applications, and determines that the application cannot start when the number of started applications reaches a preset limiting number of applications. An ending-application selecting unit selects, as an ending application to be ended, the application with the low priority from the start applications based on the preset priority of application when the application start determining unit determines that the application cannot start. An application ending unit performs the ending processing of the ending application selected by the ending-application selecting unit and deletes the selected ending application from the list of started applications.

Mobile communication terminal and application starting control method thereof

A dot code is printed on a sheet of paper by using a first printing plate and a first ink. Immediately thereafter, a code coat is formed by printing to cover the dot code, by using a second printing plate and a second ink having a property of not affecting the operation of reading the code.

Printing method for printing optically readable code on printing medium, using printing plate and printed matter bearing printed and optically readable code

A schedule management device which automatically switches the call receiving operation of the handy phone or the like corresponding to the user's schedule comprises one or more call receiving notification section to notify the user that a call is received from outside, a utilization environment registration section for registration of and reference to the utilization environment schedule for each time zone of the user, a call receiving operation registration section which sets each utilization environment registered to the utilization environment registration section to one of the call receiving notification sections and a call receiving notification execution section which, upon receipt of any call from outside, refers to the current utilization environment of the user registered to the utilization environment registration section and notifies the user of call receiving by the call receiving notification section corresponding to the current utilization environment set in the call receiving operation registration section.

Schedule management device and schedule management method and recording medium recording the schedule management program

If a user wants to store an image acquired from a site and it is determined that the data size of the image acquired from the site is larger than a designated storage frame in a memory region, then it is determined whether or not the number of colors in the pallet of the acquired image data can be reduced. Next, if the number of pallet colors can be reduced, the number of pallet colors is reduced to thereby compress the pallet and the image data is updated based on the compressed pallet. On the other hand, if it is determined that the number of pallet colors cannot be reduced, a control section determines that the image data cannot be registered or stored and abandons the data and a display section displays storage error.

Image data storage method

If the main picture's size contained in a picture data file is equal to or smaller than the display's size of a displaying portion, a controlling portion displays the main picture in the display area. If the main picture's size is larger than the display's size and the picture data file does not contain a thumbnail, the controlling portion reduces the main picture's size and displays the reduced main picture. If the main picture's size is larger than the display's size and the thumbnail's size contained in the picture data file is equal to or smaller than the display's size, the controlling portion displays the thumbnail. If the main picture's size is larger than the display's size and the thumbnail's size contained in the picture data file is larger than the display's size, the controlling portion reduces the thumbnail's size and displays the reduced thumbnail.

Picture displaying method and information device

As portable telephone capabilities increase, access to the myriad of features requires users to be familiar with multiple levels of functioning for each of the limited buttons available on the portable telephones. The Operation Guidance Display Processing System and Method provides an enhanced display that guides the user through the operation of various functions relative to the available buttons. The operation guidance display can be enabled or disabled by the user. In addition, the display can also assess the competency of the user during function operation and display operation guidance relative to the users own skill level.

Operation guidance display processing system and method

There is provided a mobile telephone including (a) an antenna receiving radio signals, (b) a display screen, (c) a voltage source, (d) a memory storing telephone numbers therein, (e) an interface through which an operator can set a low-voltage mode in which the mobile telephone is allowed to receive a call associated with predetermined telephone numbers, even if a voltage supplied by the voltage source is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold voltage, and (f) a controller detecting a telephone number out of a radio signal received through the antenna, comparing the thus detected telephone number to the telephone numbers stored in the memory, and determining whether a call associated with the detected telephone number is to be received, when the mobile telephone is set in the low-voltage mode. The provided mobile telephone makes it possible to receive a call in a predetermined telephone number, even if a voltage supplied from a voltage source is lower than a predetermined threshold voltage.

Mobile telephone and method of operating the same

The present invention selects an appropriate composition pattern even if there is provided a plurality of composition patterns for dot image data based on the number of pixels associated with printing. Namely, in order to print a readable dot, an image data generation method is used for setting a composition pattern of this dot. This method determines the number of pixels associated with printout of the composition pattern in consideration of enlargement of the dot when printed. This method also uses a composition pattern which minimizes dispersion of pixels constituting the corresponding dot. By doing so, the method uniquely determines an optimal dot composition pattern for printing.

Method and apparatus for generating optically readable dot image data and recording medium

An image processing apparatus capable of simply and reliably handling two different forms of information, audio and image, as linked together in order to record the information on the same recording medium. This image processing apparatus has an image input unit ( ) for inputting image information, an audio input unit ( ) for inputting audio information, a link processing unit ( ) for setting link information to link the image information and audio information, a code converter ( ) for converting the audio information into an optically readable audio code image, and a printing device ( ) operable based on the link information for recording a visual image corresponding to the image information and the audio code image on a predetermined recording medium. One can not only visually enjoy the image recorded on the recording medium, but hear a sound from the audio code image recorded on the recording medium with an appropriate reproduction device.

Image processing apparatus and audio-coded recording media

In a pager, one of a plurality of kinds of baud rates is automatically selected for each of the service areas or network providers. With this provision, the conventional operation to produce pagers for the respective transmission speeds becomes unnecessary, which resultantly improves productivity as well as operability and usability thereof. The pager includes an antenna, a radio section, a demodulating section, a low-pass filter, a comparator, a decoder, a CPU, a notifying section, a ROM, a RAM, and a switching circuit. Receiving a broadcast radio wave, the pager produces a demodulated signal therefrom. In accordance with the demodulated signal, the pager automatically sets operation of the decoder to either one of a plurality of transmission speeds of the received signal and conducts a paging operation when a paging number of the received signal matches a paging number beforehand stored therein.

Pager capable of automatically switching and setting a plurality of transmission speeds

A dot code is provided for recording digital data, such as multi-media information, as an optically readable code pattern, using various modulation methods, and a code reading apparatus is provided for restoring modulated information recorded as the dot code. The dot code includes a plurality of blocks. Each block has a marker section for recognizing the block, a data dot pattern section which is modulated to be structurally discriminated from the marker section and to represent modulated information, and a block header section as a non-modulation area which contains block address data. The block header section stores restoration parameter data necessary to restore the modulated information, thereby enabling the dot code to be variously modulated.

Dot code and code reading apparatus

An image processing/editing section visualizes still images input from an image medium on an image display section. While confirming the still images, the user selects, using an operation instructing section, a code image forming mode for forming, on a first medium on which one of the displayed still images is to be formed, a code image indicative of voice information made to correspond to the to-be-formed still image, or a code image non-forming mode for forming only the still image on the first medium.

Voice-code-image-attached still image forming apparatus

A phase locked loop (PLL) oscillating circuit includes a first oscillating circuit, a lock detector and a reference oscillating circuit. The first oscillating circuit generates an oscillation signal with a first frequency, and controls the first frequency based on a reference signal. The lock detector detects phase lock between the oscillation signal and the reference signal to a lock detection signal. The reference oscillating circuit includes a crystal oscillation element, and generates the reference signal. An oscillation state of the reference oscillating circuit is controlled based on the lock detection signal.

PLL oscillating circuit including oscillating circuit with mutual

When the frequency band of an intermediate frequency (IF) signal input to a filter rises due to temperature variation, the center voltage corresponding to the IF signal also rises. As a result, a difference occurs between the center voltage and a preselected reference voltage. An output current produced by converting the difference is so output as to increase a control current, thereby shifting the frequency characteristic of the filter to the higher frequency side. When the frequency band of the IF signal falls due to temperature variation, the center voltage also falls. The resulting difference between the center voltage and the reference voltage is also transformed to an output current. This output current is so output as to reduce the control current with the result that the frequency characteristic of the filter is shifted to the lower frequency side.

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Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Yoshioka